Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Ashkenazic Machzor, Part II - Venice, 1600

Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,000
Including buyer's premium
Machzor according to the Ashkenazic custom (in Italy), with the Hadrat Kodesh commentary. Second part, Selichot (penitential prayers) and prayers for the High Holy Days and holidays of Tishrei. Venice: Giovanni Bragadin by Giovanni di Gara, [1600].
Short glosses and corrections. Censor's erasures of words and sentences.
The page preceding the title page contains an inscription in Italian Hebrew handwriting about "Piyyutim for the first night of Rosh Hashanah".
315 leaves. 29 cm. Overall good condition, several pages in fair condition. Stains and wear. Tears with damage to text on several pages, repaired (with strips of paper or with handwritten replacements). Original leather binding; worn and damaged.
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